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IT Security Community Staff Leader

Corey Simpson is the MSP Partners Community manager for CompTIA, an experienced technology services professional and an avid IT channel advocate. He is responsible for facilitating meetings, organizing discussions and supporting group initiatives with CompTIA resources.

The Miami University (OH) graduate spent several years in a variety of roles at CDW and worked as an executive at Accenture before becoming a member of the association’s management team early in 2009. His project experience includes bank mergers, insurance application designs, infrastructure security solutions, and development of PMO framework to name a few. Simpson is a true Boy Scout (achieved the ultimate rank of Eagle) and enjoys soccer and sailing in his free time.

IT Security Community Leadership

IT Security Community Chair
Scott Barlow, Vice President of Sales, Reflexion

IT Security Community Vice-Chair
Grant F. Johnson, Principal Consultant, Array Information Technologies

IT Security Community Executive Council Members
Pierluigi Stella, CTO, Network Box USA
Chris Johnson, Medical IT Consultant,  Untangled Solutions
Stephen Cobb , Security Evangelist, ESET LLC.
Zak Karsan, Vice President of Business Development, VaultLogix LLC.
Ron Culler, CTO, SECURE DESIGNS INC
Mike Semel, Semel Consulting LLC, Semel Consulting LLC

Industry Resources

Media

Business Solutoins Magazine – channel news, including security (www.bsminfo.com)

Channelnomics – strong security coverage in the channel (www.channelnomics.com)

ComputerWorld Security Topic Center (www.computerworld.com/s/topic/17/Security)

CRN – Technology News for Solution Providers (www.crn.com)

CSO Online (www.csoonline.com)

Dark Reading (www.darkreading.com)

Information Week – The Business Value of Technology (www.informationweek.com)

InfoSecurity Magazine (www.infosecurity-magazine.com/)

Kerbs on Security (www.krebsonsecurity.com)

MSPmentor – services news (www.mspmentor.com)

NetworkWorld Security Research Center (www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html)

NSAMag (www.network-security-magazine.com)

PC Magazine Security Watch (http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/)

SANS NewsBites and @RISK Newsletters (www.sans.org)

SC Magazine – For IT Security Professionals (www.scmagazineus.com)

Security Bytes (http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/)

Security Blogger Network (www.securitybloggernetwork.com)

Security Week (www.securityweek.com)

The VAR Guy – channel news and trends (www.thevarguy.com)

ThreatPost – an agnostic blog published by Kaspersky, very good information (www.threatpost.com)

Wired.com Threat Level (www.wired.com/threatlevel/)

Information Websites

Gartner – Technology Research (www.gartner.com)

RSA Security Briefs (www.rsa.com)

SANS – Computer Security Training, Network Research & Resources (www.sans.org)

NIST – National Institute of Standards & Technology (www.nist.gov)

TechRepublic Security Blog (www.techrepublic.com/blog/security)

IT Security – The Industry’s Web Resource (www.itsecurity.com)

Industry Blogs

Bruce Schenier www.schneier.com

Securosis Blog http://securosis.com/blog

SANS Internet Storm Center http://isc.sans.org/

Jon Oltsik, Enterprise Strategy Group http://www.enterprisestrategygroup.com/category/our-team/analysts/jon-oltsik/

Rational Survivability http://www.rationalsurvivability.com/blog/

NSS Labs http://nsslabs.blogspot.com/

Jeremaiah Grossman http://jeremiahgrossman.blogspot.com/

Andrew Hay http://www.andrewhay.ca/

Vendor Security Blogs

Naked Security (Sophos) http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/

AppSecInc Blog http://blog.appsecinc.com/

F-Secure blog http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/

Fortinet Security Blog http://blog.fortinet.com/

Trend Micro Cloud Security Blog http://cloudsecurity.trendmicro.com/

Kaspersky Lab Blog https://www.securelist.com/en/

Microsoft Security blog http://blogs.technet.com/b/security/

Websense Insights http://community.websense.com/blogs/websense-insights/default.aspx

Industry Events

Blackhat Technical Security Conference (www.blackhat.com)

BrokerBin – B2B IT Exchange (www.brokerbin.com)

Def Con Hacking Conference (www.defcon.com)

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit (www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/security/)

Hacker Halted (www.hackerhalted.com)

InfoSec World Conference & Expo (www.misti.com/infosecworld)

Interop – The Leading Business Technology Event (www.interop.com)

RSA (www.rsaconference.com/events/index.htm)

SecureWorld Expo (www.secureworldexpo.com)

Usenix Security Symposium (www.usenix.org/event/bytopic/security.html)

Security Vendor Events

CA World

McAfee FOCUS Global Summit (www.mcafeefocus.com)

Microsoft World Partner Conference

SonicWALL Partner Conference

Symantec Partner Engage

Tech Data Security Solutions Partner Summit

Vanguard Security & Compliance (www.go2vsc.com)

Associations and Peer Groups

ARMA International – Records Management (www.arma.org)

ASIS International (www.asisonline.org)

British Computer Society (www.bcs.org)

CSI – Computer Security Institute (www.gocsi.com)

EC Council (www.eccouncil.org)

IAPP – International Institute of Privacy Professionals (www.privacyassociation.org)

IAPSC – International Association of Professional Security Consultants (www.iapsc.org)

ISA – Internet Security Alliance (www.isalliance.org)

ISACA – (www.isaca.org)

ISC2 (www.isc2.org)

ISSA – International Systems Security Association (www.issa.org)

ITAA – Information Technology Association of America (www.connectlive.com/events/itaa/)

NAID – National Association for Information Destruction (www.naidonline.org)

NBISE – National Board of Information Security Examiners (www.nbise.org)

SANS Institute (www.sans.org)